The Collins team are delighted to announce the launch of Collins Pay and Collins Pre-Orders.

Collins Pay allows you to:

• Take PCI compliant payments from within Collins, either over email or over the phone
• Authenticate cards over email or over the phone; the new way to take deposits in the industry. Why bother with the hassle of taking deposit payments then having to transfer them back on the night? Simply authenticate the card and if the customer does not show you can instantly claim the money back with one click
• Take a payment or card authenticate at the point of booking – Improve the customer journey and massively increase your efficiency by auto-confirming bookings while also taking a payment or deposit at the point of booking. Why not even run your special nights/occasions using this too? New Year’s Eve take the payment of £50 per person at the point of booking.

Collins Pre-Orders allows you to:

• Send your menus to your customers who can then manage their own pre-order with their own colleagues and then submit the order back to you when complete
• Take payment for the pre-order/a percentage of the pre-order at the point of ordering
• Automatically chase customers who haven’t returned their pre-order yet
• One-click printing of place cards with the customer name and order on
• Take pre-orders at the point of booking. Here’s a scenario with Collins Pay included – Christmas Booking > Auto-Confirm > Select what you want to order form the set menu > Pay 50% of your pre-order as a deposit > Confirm booking…All done in real-time with no need for human interaction